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It appears to have run over the gun before it was knocked out.

In this show there were two groups of aircraft flying separate circuits in close proximity, is this normal in US air shows? The few UK air shows I've been to I've only seen single circuits by single or multiple aircraft.

For a Hollywood film its not that bad historically, and its an entertaining film well worth a view

The floatplane version of this plane was so slow it couldn't do low level turns for fear of stalling.

Its range of 50 miles and its ability to melt/fry its pilots and groundcrew are also factors

The Nazi laws reduced the restrictions impose on gun ownership for the overwhelming majority of the German population, but they made it illegal for non-citizens to own guns, after they had removed full citizenship from Germans of the Jewish faith.

All the capital ships sunk by aircraft before Force Z were stationary in harbour, The sinking of Force Z was the first time any capital ship was sunk solely by air power while at sea.

The recent heatwave affecting the British Isles have revealed traces of buildings dating back to the Bronze age.U.K. heatwave reveals ancient buried ruins | CBC News

Here is a picture of this aircraft on arrival in England

Only 1 Spitfire was ever sold to a civilian by the British government and that was due to a lot of fudging of the governments policy guidelines on the sale of military aircraft, while the USA was happy to sell hundred's of P-51's to civilian buyers post-war

It also went the other way, aircraft rockets fitted on a Sherman. It was a field modification on a few Coldstream Guard tanks

The Beaufighter has been described as "two engines closely followed by an aircraft". The Beaufighter has also always been a favourite of mine because my granny on my mothers side helped build them in WW2 :)

Actually both Germany and Japan went to war in order to gain natural resources, not money as such. They both held the Social Darwinist view that in order to survive a nation had to be totally self-sufficient, in food stocks, oil and vital metals. The money involved in the story posted was merely...

There were no official restrictions on any German not accused of war crimes, so Germans with skills, like a pilot, could find work outside Germany if they were enterprising enough.

There were a number of occasions during the desert campaign when Rommel and his staff came under direct attack from Allied aircraft, his habit of leading from the front often lead to him exposing himself and his staff to danger.